Improvement in cuff-buttons



UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GrRlllllVILLE'F. SPARROW, OF WORCESTER, MASSAOHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND STILLMAN HOUGHTON, OF-SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUFF-BUTTONS.

Specification form'ng part of Letters Patent No. 112,895, dated'February1, 1876'; application filed November 5, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, GRENVILLE F. SPAR- ROW, of the city and county ofWorcester, of the btate of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulOufl Fastening; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described inthe following specification and represented in the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure l is a front iew, Fig. 2 a rear elevation,Fig. 3 a horizontal section, and Fig. 4 a transverse section of it.

The inventiou'is to enable a person to readily fasten a cuff to orunfasten it from the sleeve of a shirt or garment, it being for suchpurpose specially useful to ladies.

It consists partly of a stud, A, composed of two disks or plates, at b,and a connection-bar, 0, arranged as shown.

It further consists of a snap-hook or recessed catch-spring, B, formedand attached at and near one end of it to the back of the baseplate I)of the said stud, and extended across such plate, in manner asrepresented. The said stud and catch-spring are for use with astaple-shaped catch, (3, bent as shown, to enter the recess d of thecatch-spring, and provided with a series of eyes, e cc 6, to enable suchcatch to be sewed to a sleeve.

In using the fastening the catch part C is to a quire. The back plate ofthe-stud may be a I disk or a cross in shape, or have any otherdesirable and proper form, and the first plate may be plain orornamented, as taste or fancy may dictate.

I claim- The improved cnff-fastening,consisting in the combination ofthe staple-shaped catch 0, perforated for attachment, as set forth, withthe stud A, having the recessed springcatch B, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

GRENVILLE F. SPARROW.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

